Friday, March 3, 2017

AS WE GO MARCHING ON

AS
WE GO MARCHING ON…

March 1, 2017 and it looks like we’re heading towards an early
spring. We saw our first bluebonnets driving down to Beaumont last week.
Yes indeed, all those wild blue flowers of Texas, along the track, were forever
waving back. Our return to The Logon Cafe was a success. I hadn’t played
there in eight years, so I wasn’t
sure who or if anyone would show up, but you did and we had a wonderful time
and audience to play for. Thank you Beaumont! Thank you Chantelle
for having us! We hope to be back in Beaumont this summer. Be sure
and watch for us.

Last Sunday night I performed a solo show at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck with all of
you coming out clapping and singing along with me, it almost felt like a
Saturday night. I knocked the dust off quite a few songs I hadn’t played in a
while. I appreciate all the requests you sent my way. Plus…Joshua Cain Daugherty
set up his audio equipment and recorded the show. It was just me and my
guitar, so it was pretty easy to capture. Thank those of you who took home a
copy/recording of the show on a thumb drive. Besides the great quality recording
provided, how about all the little extras Joshua tosses in to the production:
The little back stage video, graphics, pictures, set list. He always goes
the extra mile and does a really great job! I hope you enjoy it. I’ll be
back at The Duck with Michael Hearne and Mike Roberts on May 20th.Please make your reservations soon as this
show will sell out. www.mcgonigels.com

This Saturday March 4th, we’ll be in Houston at UNITUNES Concert series, located just west of the Galleria at 1900 Bering Drive, Houston,
TX, 77057, between Westheimer and San Felipe. It will be our fourth visit
to this wonderful venue. It is hosted by Emerson
Unitarian Church,I
tell you, there’s nothing like singing in a church, to a room full of music
loving folks. Great acoustics too! My
brother, who is a Baptist preacher back in Missouri, would be impressed, proud,
and very pleased his brother is playing the big room. So make plans to come on
out this Saturday evening. We’ll be breaking out some Bluebonnet songs. They are starting to bloom everywhere between
here and Austin and up in the Hill Country.

We
hope to see you at Unitunes. For more information and tickets: www.unitunes.org.Music starts at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00.

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About Me

For more than three decades, Texas singer-songwriter Shake Russell has been entertaining audiences throughout the region with his unique, Americana style of folk-rock. A prolific songwriter, Shake has written or co-written hundreds of melodies.

Through the years, Shake’s songs and albums have frequented the Billboard charts, with many, including “Deep in the West,” “You’ve Got a Lover,” “Put Yourself in My Shoes,” “One More Payment,” and “Our Kind of Love” being recorded by such distinguished artists as Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Ricky Skaggs, Clint Black, and Carolyn Dawn Johnson. Ricky Skagg’s hit recording of “You’ve Got a Lover” has appeared on three of Ricky’s albums.